Juan José Morales

Juan José Morales (born May 13, 1982 in Bella Vista, Tucumán, Argentina) is an Argentine football forward.

Juan José Morales
Personal information
Full name Juan José Morales
Date of birth (1982-05-13) 13 May 1982
Place of birth Bella Vista, Tucumán, Argentina
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2007 San Martín de Tucumán 103 (25)
2002–2003 → Central Norte (loan) 0 (0)
2004 → A. Concepción (loan) 8 (6)
2008 Colón de Santa Fe 5 (0)
2008–2011 Quilmes 63 (21)
2009–2010 → Universidad Católica (loan) 32 (12)
2011–2012 Argentinos Juniors 25 (5)
2012–2013 Atlético Venezuela 10 (3)
2013–2014 Paraná Clube 35 (8)
2014 Huachipato 9 (2)
2014–2015 Mineros de Guayana 15 (7)
2015 All Boys 22 (5)
2016 Terengganu 7 (1)
2017–2018 San Jorge de Tucumán 21 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2020

Career

A native of Tucumán province, Morales (also known as Jota Jota) began his football career with local side San Martín de Tucumán. He went on loan to Central Norte and Atlético Concepción, and helped San Martín win promotion from the Torneo Argentino C and Primera B Nacional.[1]

Morales left San Martín in 2007, but did not settle in the Argentine Primera División with Club Atlético Colón. Although Morales struggled at Colón, he would later enjoy success against the club, first with Universidad Católica (Copa Libertadores) and then with Quilmes (Primera División).[2] The next season he joined Quilmes Atlético Club, where he would lead the club with 16 goals in the 2008–09 Primera B Nacional. Spells with Club Deportivo Universidad Católica and Argentinos Juniors followed. Morales would spend the rest of his career as a journeyman, with spells abroad in Venezuela, Brazil, Chile and Malaysia.[3] Throughout his career, Morales scored 68 league goals in Argentina's top four divisions.[4]

In late 2014, Morales made the decision to cancel his contract with Venezuelan side A.C.C.D. Mineros de Guayana and join his partner, Flaviana Seeling (a member of the Brazilian music group Axé Bahia) on the Chilean reality television competition Amor a prueba.[3]

References
  1. "Del fútbol al 'Reality Show': la desconocida historia de Juan José Morales". nexofin.com (in Spanish). 1 October 2015.
  2. "J.J. Morales cumplió con su tradición" (in Spanish). Clarín. 8 August 2010.
  3. "Goleador argentino cambió el fútbol por un reality" (in Spanish). El Tribuno. 3 December 2014.
  4. "Jota Morales: "Si San Martín me necesita, voy corriendo a Jujuy" (in Spanish). El Tucumano. 4 January 2018.


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